Scottish actor Gerard Butler is the favourite to star in the West End sequel to The Phantom Of The Opera.
The 300 star impressed creator Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber with his performance as the Phantom in the 2004 film of the same name - and the theatre impresario now wants Butler to reprise the famous role for his forthcoming stage sequel.
Lloyd Webber tells British newspaper the Daily Express. "I have got my own new show coming on next year, which is my sequel to The Phantom of the Opera, which I think is going to be called Phantom: Once Upon Another Time. That will come on in November next year, if everything goes well."
WHAT NO SOMEONE STOP ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER. HE'S GONE GEORGE LUCAS-INSANE. PHANTOM SEQUEL?!? WTF?!? GERARD BUTLER EVER OPENING HIS MOUTH AND SINGING AGAIN?!? NO! JUST NO.
The 300 star impressed creator Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber with his performance as the Phantom in the 2004 film of the same name - and the theatre impresario now wants Butler to reprise the famous role for his forthcoming stage sequel.
Lloyd Webber tells British newspaper the Daily Express. "I have got my own new show coming on next year, which is my sequel to The Phantom of the Opera, which I think is going to be called Phantom: Once Upon Another Time. That will come on in November next year, if everything goes well."
WHAT NO SOMEONE STOP ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER. HE'S GONE GEORGE LUCAS-INSANE. PHANTOM SEQUEL?!? WTF?!? GERARD BUTLER EVER OPENING HIS MOUTH AND SINGING AGAIN?!? NO! JUST NO.